Episode 94 - It’s Tea Time With The Genesis Mini 2 + 6 Good Tactics Games

We're back for Episode 94!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  6 Good Tactics Games

We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.

 

Episode Guide

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5:39 - Quick Questions

18:12 - Patreon Song

21:52 - Tea Time With Time

48:28 - News

1:55:30 - 6 Good Tactics Games

News -    

(codY) Sven Krasser game Cab Hustle no longer regulated to the Zzapp64 cover disc.  

https://svenatl.itch.io/cabhustle 

(Tim) - Playable demo of new racer coming on Steam real soon, SP Grand Prix by @RozzBozzy on twitter: 

https://twitter.com/RozzBozzy/status/1588661385671495680?s=20&t=wp0FRjurK-EFLGEXk8AY9w  

(Eric) Vectrex Minestorm on Pico 8 (COOL) - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=46482 

Cody – SD Snatcher on Twitter mentioned that Yazzie on MSX has a final remastered version with many enhancments and 10 more levels. 

(Tim)  - Ricki Sickenger who is one of the creators of the fantastic Rouge64 and who are now working on RogueCraft the follow up for the Amiga has posted a blog about writing Rogue64. The blog goes in to detail about how the game came about with the starter Rogue4k and developed from there. Well worth a read while we wait for RogueCraft to come out. 

http://www.sickenger.com/2022/02/20/how-we-made-a-commodore-64-roguelike/ 

Cody – Starfox Exploration Showcase MOD - https://www.indieretronews.com/2022/11/starfox-ex-this-hack-takes-90s-hit-game.html#more 

(Eric) Investigative reporting – Wrestlequest 

https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/jeff-jarrett-comments-on-road-doggs-current-wwe-role-his-addiction-issues-in-the-90s-wrestlequest-game-update 

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/11/wrestlequest-launches-in-may-2023 

Cody – Vradarks Revenge - https://zxonline.net/vradark-s-revenge-is-out/ 

(Tim) - Not sure if we mentioned it last month but Beamrider the great early Atari 2600 shooter from Activision has been ported to the Pico8 by Paul Hammond (@paulhamx) on twitter. A faithful and fun recreation for the Pico8 and is a free download from his Itch.io page (pahammond) 

https://pahammond.itch.io/beamrider 

(Eric) AQUABYSS - Eagerly awaited Amiga game by AgedCode gets an official release! - https://buff.ly/3SqpIvT #commodore #news (From Indie Retro News) 

 

CODYS NEWS OF THE WEIRD -  

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/random-metroid-prime-devs-kept-a-gamecube-in-the-freezer-to-run-patch-code 

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/save-room 

https://kotaku.com/sakuna-of-rice-and-ruin-nintendo-switch-ps4-japanese-s-1848767765 

Acclaim Marketing Stunts  https://www.blockfort.com/other-lists/publicitystunts/ 

(Eric) Get Your Barf Bags Ready! Our new NES game Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike & the Quest for Stale Gum is out now on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation, Epic Games Store & Steam with the NES cartridge release to follow in a few months! http://gpkgame.com 

Cody - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/warp-drive-brings-f-zero-style-racing-with-cel-shaded-visuals-to-switch-next-month 

(Eric) Xbox Series X and S can run PS2 games at 4K 60fps - https://www.gamingbible.co.uk/news/xbox-series-x-can-run-ps2-games-at-4k-60fps-20221026 

(Eric) Sega Has Considered Dreamcast & Saturn Mini But Is Worried About Extreme Costs 

(Eric) You Can Now Play Gameboy Games On The Steam Deck  

https://retrododo.com/epilogue-gb-operator-steam-deck/ 

Cody – NESDEV 2022 https://itch.io/jam/nesdev-2022/entries 

(Eric) Released on Nov 11th!!! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919470/Atari_50_The_Anniversary_Celebration/ 

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